Senior Analyst

Locations: Dallas | San Francisco

Who We Are

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What You'll Do

As a Senior Analyst within BCG’s Corporate Finance & Strategy practice (CFS) and its Center for CFO Excellence (CFOx) team, you will work in a growing global team, delivering value to clients in all aspects of CFO related products and opportunities, from value creation strategy to performance management, digital finance and lean/agile working culture in finance.

This would entail issues such as defining the role of the finance organization, transforming the finance function to be efficient & effective, control finance costs, ability to steer and make relevant decisions, enablement of value creation and the facilitation of corporate planning decisions, including measures to align corporate, financial and investor strategies

YOU'RE GOOD AT 

Candidate should have experience and/or knowledge related to at least one of the following areas: finance organization (including shared services), finance transformation, external and internal reporting, corporate governance, performance management, planning, budgeting and target setting, corporate risk management or similar.

The Senior Analyst is expected to be familiar with financial and non-financial benchmarking analyses, including analyses regarding profitability, capital structure, liquidity, and cash flow performance. The candidate should have deep end to end expertise in at least 2 finance process towers such as Record to Report, Order to Cash, Procure to Pay, Financial Planning & Analysis, Cash & Banking / Treasury, Payroll, Fixed Assets, etc.

As a Senior Analyst on the Client-Focused track, the candidate will be deployed in client engagements with core consulting teams to identify and analyze client challenges, provide customized knowledge of best-in-class practices as domain expert, develop solutions to address critical client issues, and chart a path for the client to constantly enhance performance. The candidate is expected to demonstrate excellent communication, high-quality analytical skills, and ability to deliver client ready analyses and insights.

The candidate will work also with topic team to collaborate, develop and maintain new knowledge materials related to CFOx topic based on emerging trends and gaps identified by consulting teams. The candidate will collaborate across the topic to build tools, analyses and insights to drive new ways of thinking and problem-solving.

What You'll Bring

• 2+ years of consulting experience in financial management, controlling & reporting, treasury, accounting & audit, corporate development, corporate finance or other equivalent areas required; candidates with consulting experience strongly preferred 
• In lieu of consulting experience, 3+ years minimum industry experience required; 4-6+ years of industry experience strongly preferred 
• Bachelor's Degree required (advanced degree preferred) 
• Confident client presence and relationship-building skills
• Effective written & verbal communication
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
• Strong work ethic & service-oriented mind-set
• Ability to multi-task in a fast-paced environment
• Strong interpersonal skills and credibility
• Collaborative team player and pro-active self-starter
• Ability to maintain discretion when needed

Who You'll Work With

Core Consulting Teams

• Staffed as topic champion along with core consulting teams in client engagements by bringing in core domain expertise
• Own and drive successful completion of a module in client projects
• Provide insight generation expertise during team discussions to frame and structure client issues
• Provide problem solving and solutioning to drive improvements across client organization
• Enhance client deliverables by conducting high-quality analyses and applying business judgement
• Suggests alternative or additional analyses to expand original scope and provide new insight
• Demonstrate good slide-writing and story-lining skills to generate client ready materials
• Concise, synthesized and confident during discussions with project teams, running workshops with client teams and presenting analysis & findings to clients
• Develop effective relationships with senior project leadership to build strong demand as a topic champion for repeat staffing
• Support proposal development by guiding consulting teams on transformation approach, BCG capabilities, past case credentials and experts

Topic Teams

• Build and update new topic-related customized knowledge product
• Control the consistency of knowledge management databases
• Reviews knowledge products and ensures they are current and relevant and updates when appropriate
• Writes abstracts and indexes for projects and practice documents
• Assisting in Practice Area intellectual capital development projects (studies, articles and other publications.

Additional info

Total compensation for this role includes base salary, annual discretionary performance bonus, contributions to BCG’s Profit Sharing and Retirement Fund (PSRF), and a market leading benefits package described below.  

We expect total annualized compensation for New York City-based employees to be approximately the following: 

• Base salary between $124,800- $129,000 (USD); placement within this range will vary based on experience and skill level 
• Annual discretionary performance bonus between 0-24% 
• 5% Profit Sharing Retirement Fund (PSRF) contribution, increasing to 10% after two years of service. Contributions are vested immediately and there is no waiting period 

At BCG, we are committed to offering a comprehensive benefit program that includes everything our employees and their families need to be well and live life to the fullest. 
We pay the full cost of medical, dental, and vision coverage for employees – and their eligible family members.* That’s zero dollars in premiums taken from employee paychecks. 
 
All of our plans provide best in class coverage: 

• Zero dollar ($0) health insurance premiums for BCG employees, spouses, and children 
• Low $10 (USD) copays for trips to the doctor, urgent care visits and prescriptions for generic drugs 
• Dental coverage, including up to $5,000 in orthodontia benefits 
• Vision insurance with coverage for both glasses and contact lenses annually 
• Reimbursement for gym memberships and other fitness activities 
• Fully vested Profit Sharing Retirement Fund contributions made annually, whether you contribute or not, plus the option for employees to make personal contributions to a 401(k) plan 
• Paid Parental Leave and other family benefits such as elective egg freezing, surrogacy, and adoption reimbursement 
• Generous paid time off including 12 holidays per year, an annual office closure between Christmas and New Years, and 15 vacation days per year (earned at 1.25 days per month) 
• Paid sick time on an as needed basis 

 
*Employees, spouses, and children are covered at no cost. Employees share in the cost of domestic partner coverage. 

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